No Riders, No Money
Thanks, [Tad]. It appears like the state reps aren’t going to budge unless ridership goes up, a lot! Perhaps the high fuel prices of late will help the railroad.
Well, NS and Amtrak are conducting a study, to determine how to share that east-west line most efficiently. There does need to be work done. I’ve been on that run, when we get stuck behind a Norfolk freight train, and our schedule was delayed several hours. In the letter from Jubelirer, he makes reference to this problem and sites these delays are one big reason people don’t want to ride “The Three Rivers” or “Pennsylvanian” routes. I must concede that they’re right on this. Hopefully, the study will reveal ways to get these delays out of the system. The whole sad things is that up until the mid 80s, there used to be four tracks on this route. But they tore out one of them, and now there are only three. If that forth track were still there, these delays might not be nearly as bad as they’ve become in recent years.
Tom